Opinion by Judge WEBB.
This direct appeal presents the difficult question of balancing efficient judicial administration against delay when a criminal defendant exercises his Sixth Amendment right to replace appointed counsel with retained counsel and seeks to continue the trial on that basis. Although denying a continuance is within the trial court's discretion, here the court's findings do not show that it adequately considered the right of defendant, Eric Lamont...
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